Dual-purpose machine for making ice cream and crushed-ice syrup drinks

Claim 1

In a machine for making ice cream or crushed-ice syrup drinks, and having a cylindrical whipping chamber surrounded by refrigerating means and containing a rotatable mixer, which is secured to a first shaft which projects exteriorly of the chamber and is connected to first motor means, which is operable selectively to rotate said mixer at a first speed, the improvement characterized by a second, alternative motor means connected to said shaft exteriorly of said chamber, and operable only when said first motor means is not operating, to rotate said first shaft at a second speed different from said first speed, said first motor means being disposed, when operated, to rotate said mixer at a relatively high speed for the making of ice cream, and said second motor means being disposed, when operated, to rotate said mixer at a very low speed, on the order of a few RPM, for the making of crushed-ice syrup drinks, one of said first and second motor means including a uni-directional coupling device mounted to rotate freely on a second shaft, when the other of said first and second motor means is operated, and operative drivingly to connect said one of said first and second motor means to said first shaft, when said one motor means is operated.